News Conference Agenda

Thursday, June 2, 2022 – 9:30 a.m. (EDT)
American College of Surgeons (ACS) Washington D.C. Office

Accelerating Our Response to America's Firearm Public Health Crisis

Opening remarks and the ACS' call for bipartisan solutions  
Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS
ACS Executive Director
Washington DC, and Chicago, Illinois

A moment of crisis with a lifetime of impact – Treating the shooting victims
Ronald M. Stewart, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery, University Hospital – San Antonio
Former Medical Director, ACS Trauma Programs
San Antonio, Texas

Consensus recommendations from Firearms Strategy Taskforce (FAST)
Eileen M. Bulger, MD, FACS
Professor & Acting Division Chief, Division of Trauma, Burns, & Critical Care
Department of Surgery, University of Washington
Chief of Trauma & Acting Surgeon-in-Chief
Harborview Medical Center
Medical Director, ACS Trauma Programs
Seattle, Washington

ACS solutions firearm owners support  
Patrick Bailey, MD, MLS, FACS
ACS Medical Director for Advocacy
Washington, DC

Convening a summit to address this public health crisis   
Jeffrey Kerby, MD, PhD, FACS
Brigham Family Endowed Professor/Director
Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Chair, ACS Committee on Trauma
Birmingham, Alabama

Q&A session
Moderated by Dr. Turner